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IEEE Life Sciences Newsletter
The IEEE Life Sciences Newsletter is a new initiative to bring forth interesting articles and informative interviews within the exciting field of life sciences every month.
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The Institute has published a special December issue on the Life Sciences Initiative. As always, the Institute is free! For instance, read “What it takes to be a Bioengineer.” There is also an interesting blog, “Five Challenges Facing the Life …
Ali Khademhosseni, Ph.D., was Chair of the EMBS Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine Conference. In this video clip, Dr. Khademhosseni speaks to us on his objectives for the conference, and the prospects for clinical applications of his field of work, tissue engineering.
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By Nitish Thakor
This month we bring you an interview and timely articles from Thought Leaders at the recent EMBS Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine Conference. The Conference focused on the translation of emerging micro/nano technology from the laboratory to the bedside. Our Newsletter features an …
Dan Zondervan holds a B.S in Electrical Engineering from Calvin College, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Irvine, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at U.C. Irvine. He is involved in research on rehabilitation devices, motor learning, neurology, and assistive devices. …
Dr. David J. Reinkensmeyer received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge in 1988, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991 and 1993, with dissertation work on human control of …
Paolo Bonato, Ph.D., serves as Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, MA. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, a member of the Affiliated Faculty of the Harvard-MIT …
Skyler Ashton Dalley (M’09) was born in Omaha, NE, in 1985. He received a B.E. degree in mechanical engineering, in 2007, from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, where he is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He works as a Research Assistant …
By Nitish Thakor
This issue we bring you news, photos, and video clips from an “Unconference” on the use of robotics as an aid to rehabilitation. This event, part of the recent EMBC 2012 Conference, was the second of its kind. The format includes a workshop …
By Skyler A. Dalley, Daniel A. Bennett, Nasser A. Alshammary, and Michael Goldfarb
Research has been underway to develop a hand prosthesis that allows the user to perform activities that require the dexterity associated with the multiple degrees of freedom in a natural hand. A video …
By Daniel K. Zondervan and David J. Reinkensmeyer
It is important that children with disabilities have the ability to learn how to use a powered wheelchair. The Kinect™-Wheelchair Interface Controlled (KWIC) Trainer is an intelligent powered wheelchair training device that can convert a manual wheelchair into …
